I just checked my 1905 and 1952 Brownsville Directories, neither mentions an Altman. I checked Glenn Tunney's #138 Column "Locals called the new hotel the Monongahela House, but a 1920 Sanborn fire insurance map of Brownsville labels it the "New Monongahela Hotel." According to the map, the right- hand third of the new hotel's ground floor (as viewed from the front) was occupied by a men's furnishings store and the middle portion by the hotel lobby and offices. The left side was a bar until 1919, when prohibition closed all hotel bars and sent customers scurrying to speakeasies." This may be the men's store described. On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Beth Radcliffe wrote: > I am not related to the surname ALTMAN, but was cleaning out containers in the basement and came across a wall plaque, oval in shape and it had the following advertisment in it. > > John Altman's Fine Tayloring and Gents Complete Outfitter > New Monongahala Hotel Blvd. > Opposite R.R. Depot, Brownsville, PA > > Can anyone tell me what year this might have been from? > > Beth > bethradcliffe@adelphia.net > > > ==== PAFAYETT Mailing List ==== > Confuscious say it time to harvest when nuts fall from tree. > > > Hannah Millward Fisher Information Services Librarian Hannah@ahsl.arizona.edu The University of Arizona (520) 626-2933 (voice) Arizona Health Sciences Library 1501 N. Campbell, P.O. Box 245079 (520) 626-2922 (fax) Tucson, AZ 85724-5079 "The statements expressed herein are my own and should not be taken as a position, opinion or endorsement of the University of Arizona."